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Little Update!
🕑 Added 2023-01-15 21:31:16 +0000 UTCHey folks,
Happy (belated) New Year!
I've been meaning to make a check in post like this for a bit. Heck - I even intended to my "favorite things of the year" post but life has been quite busy. I always enjoy doing a little reflection on the year so maybe I'll get a free moment to do it in the coming months...
I am currently on a pretty tight deadline in the final stretch of working on my graphic novel. As of the end of November, I finished inking the whole book (235 pages!) and I am now colouring it for a March deadline. Doing the math, I have to get about 3 pages finished a day in order to hit my deadline. I've been aiming for 5 a day, unfortunately including weekends, in order to leave time to do the Blind Alley Sunday strips (this months will come before the end of the month I swear) and to leave a bit of wiggle room for other projects. It sounds kinda dour when I lay it out like this but frankly there's never been a better time for me to absolutely no-life working on a comic haha. I don't recommend this lifestyle it so don't think this is an endorsement or some sort of humble-brag; I am very tired and the urge to lie down in the grass and be consumed by moss is strong.
Anyways - come spring, I am thinking of doing relaunch, of sorts, for the Patreon. Obviously, I want to respect everyone who has subscribed with their current tier rewards so I'll be fulfilling all subscription benefits prior to the relaunch. In particular, expect a post about opting into this round of the pen pal rewards with your drawings in the spring.
I am incredibly grateful that my patreon has grown enough that I have to do a bit of a rework. Unfortunately the pen pal and the free book reward, moving forward, will have to be nixed as we've hit numbers where it's no longer a sustainable amount of work alongside Blind Alley, my graphic novels, and having a life outside of work.
The things that will absolutely remain: Blind Alley Sunday strips, access to downloads of all of my self published work, discounts in my seasonal shop, and exclusive previews of bigger projects.
So, regarding the future rewards: I'd love to have your input as to what you'd like to see from this patreon! I want to know what makes a subscription feel valuable to you.
Some options: patron only live-drawing streams (drawing folks requests)? Tutorials? Sketchbook peek? Q&A's? I am considering making a goal to aim for doing Blind Alley three times a week but we'll see how my workload looks in the spring.
Anyways, please weigh in below!
All the best,
adam
Comments
Adam
Thank you Isaiah!
Isaiah Honor
A bit belated, but honestly I forgot about the rewards outside of the Sunday strips, I just joined to see more and support. Whatever you do I think it'll be great :D
Adam
Very much appreciate it friend!
J. Marshall Smith
I'm primarily here to toss a little money in the hat so the rewards are secondary. Also good just relaunching/updating! It's a good thing although a bit of a hassle. As far as new rewards go, I always love to see a sketchbook! I'm sure whatever you figure out will be fun for folks.
